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Montezuma's Castle

And Other Weird Tales

C. B. CORY

NEW YORK RALPH S. MIGHILL 70 FIFTH AVENUE 1899

MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE

AND

OTHER WEIRD TALES

BY CHARLES B. CORY Author of "Dr. Wandermann," "Hunting and Fishing in Florida," etc.

NEW YORK RALPH S. MIGHILL 70 FIFTH AVENUE 1899

Copyright, 1899 BY CHARLES B. CORY

PRESS OF Rockwell and Churchill BOSTON, U.S.A.

Charles K. Crane

AUTHOR AND TRAVELLER

WHOSE NAME RECALLS MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES

THIS BOOK

IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS.

PAGE

MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE 7

THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 23

THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHITE TANKS 43

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 55

THE STRANGE POWDER OF THE JOU JOU PRIESTS 75

AN AZTEC MUMMY 78

A LESSON IN CHEMISTRY 90

AN INTERESTING GHOST 102

THE MOUND OF ETERNAL SILENCE 116